- Cliff Barnes: [re Mark's death] The three of us could have accomplished so much together.
- Afton Cooper: Cliff, is that what you're concerned about?
- Cliff Barnes: I am so close to oil I can taste it. I just haven't hit yet.
- Katherine Wentworth: [taunting gleefully] Oil, oil everywhere! But not a drop for Cliff!
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: You really ought to go see about Cliff. He needs you too right now.
- Afton Cooper: [exhales] No, Cliff doesn't need me. All he needs is money.
- Jackie Dugan: [over intercom] Cliff, she's here.
- Cliff Barnes: [in usual brusque manner] Send her in.
- [Jackie ushers in Katherine]
- Cliff Barnes: You're late, I thought you forgot.
- Katherine Wentworth: I do have other interests in life besides bailing out Cliff Barnes.
- Cliff Barnes: Uh, Jackie, get Leo Wakefield up here.
- Jackie Dugan: I'll see if he's still in the office.
- Cliff Barnes: [closes door behind Jackie] You got the check?
- [used very sharp tone]
- Katherine Wentworth: Of course I've got the check. Let me see the papers.
- Cliff Barnes: [places forms in front of her on the desk] There we both sign.
- Katherine Wentworth: [annoyed] Do you mind if I look at them first?
- Cliff Barnes: [shakes his head] No. Go ahead, look. It's a one-page agreement.
- Katherine Wentworth: [checks quickly, gives little sigh] All right, fine. You can sign.
- Cliff Barnes: [signs impatiently] You sign below, accepting.
- [she signs]
- Cliff Barnes: Give me the check.
- Katherine Wentworth: [hands it over] Eighteen million dollars.
- Cliff Barnes: [takes it] Okay. You finally got what you want. I'm out of your father's company.
- Katherine Wentworth: That's right.
- [rises]
- Katherine Wentworth: And it's just the first in a long line of scores I'm gonna settle.
- [heads for the door, leaves office]
- Cliff Barnes: Jackie!
- Jackie Dugan: Mr. Wakefield is here.
- Cliff Barnes: [hands over check] There you go, Leo. Our problems are over.
- Leo Wakefield: You hit oil?
- Cliff Barnes: No, not yet, but I got enough money to keep drilling. That's eighteen million dollars.
- Leo Wakefield: Then your problems aren't over for long.
- Cliff Barnes: Why? That will keep us drilling for a few weeks.
- [chuckles]
- Cliff Barnes: We gotta hit oil by then.
- Leo Wakefield: You're forgetting one thing. Not only are the interest payments on your loans coming up... but the first principal payment is due.
- Cliff Barnes: [softly] So soon?
- Leo Wakefield: Yes, sir. Comes to a little over ten million dollars. You took a one-year loan with repayments structured in monthly increments. What's left of this will give you... another week's drilling... maybe a little more. After that it's back to square one, Mr. Barnes.
- [turns to leave]
- Pamela Barnes Ewing: I wanted to talk to you about the letter.
- Katherine Wentworth: The letter? What letter?